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Senate Bill S7451
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Children And Families Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 31st Senate District
(D) 16th Senate District
(D, WF) 48th Senate District
(D, WF) 18th Senate District
2025-S7451 (ACTIVE) - Details
2025-S7451 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7451
SPONSOR: HOYLMAN-SIGAL
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to the custody
of children
PURPOSE OF BILL:
To prevent a judge from considering a parent's option to undergo gender
reassignment when making a determination in a child custody case.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 240 of the domestic relations law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 6 which states that in a case involving the custody of a
child, the judge shall not prohibit a parent from undergoing reassign-
ment as a condition of receiving custody.
JUSTIFICATION:
2025-S7451 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7451
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 16, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, LIU, MAY, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA
-- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
the Committee on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to the custody
of children
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 240 of the domestic relations law
is amended by adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows:
(K) IN DETERMINING THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD, THE COURT SHALL
NOT: (1) CONSIDER THE SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR
GENDER EXPRESSION OF THE PARTIES; OR
(2) PROHIBIT A PARTY FROM UNDERGOING GENDER REASSIGNMENT.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08039-01-5
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